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At The Queen Katharine Academy, we are committed to the professional development of all colleagues.  High quality CPD can take many forms – Academy-based, external provision and self-study.

The aim of this page is to support colleagues with their self-study activities by offering suggestions for reading and other ways of accessing CPD resources away from school.

Please contact joanne.hammond@qka.education if there is anything you would like adding.

Here are some ideas that may be of interest:

  • If teachers haven’t joined already, I strongly recommend that you join the Chartered College of Teaching.  There are many benefits to this, not least the access it gives you to a research library – much like a university library.  Here is a link.  It is less than £4 a month (less than £2 for NQTs) and it is a real investment: https://chartered.college/join/#full-membership
  • Also, there is OpenLearn:  https://www.open.edu/openlearn/free-courses/full-catalogue?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIiaTnuOCZ6AIVzbHtCh18jQPxEAAYASABEgJUm_D_BwE  This is affiliated to the Open University and is a superb site where there is a wide range of courses which are free.  It is well worth checking out.  The courses are alphabetically listed and they cover such things as ‘Communication’, ‘Leadership’, ‘Making a difference’ as well as more academic courses and also subject-specific education courses.
  • Click here if you want to see the QKA Reading Ideas list (on Amazon) which I will add to over time. http://amzn.eu/97C80IB  This may offer some ideas if you feel like some actual shopping!
  • We also have a subscription to Leadership Matters – there are videos and presentations and all sorts of good CPD on here: https://www.leadershipmatters.org.uk/

 

Links

Lots of courses available here: https://www.futurelearn.com/

 

Please also see below for a few links to blogs and podcasts that you may wish to investigate.

Blog Links

https://www.teachertoolkit.co.uk/

https://teacherhead.com/

(more to follow)

 

Video Links

Rosenshine Masterclass: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_WHYo5KULlfcpKvyf5fXrFEXbA6zroIk

TED Talks: https://www.ted.com/

 

Podcasts – these are led by a Maths teacher (Craig Barton) but are about T&L in general.

http://www.mrbartonmaths.com/blog/alex-quigley-closing-the-vocabulary-gap/

http://www.mrbartonmaths.com/blog/david-didau-making-kids-cleverer/

http://www.mrbartonmaths.com/blog/becky-allen-workload-happiness-expertise-progress-pupil-premium/

http://www.mrbartonmaths.com/blog/greg-ashman-the-truth-about-teaching/

http://www.mrbartonmaths.com/blog/tom-sherrington-the-learning-rainforest/

http://www.mrbartonmaths.com/blog/harry-fletcher-wood-responsive-teaching/

http://www.mrbartonmaths.com/blog/dylan-wiliam-the-return-creating-the-schools-our-children-need/

http://www.mrbartonmaths.com/blog/lucy-crehan-cleverlands/

http://www.mrbartonmaths.com/blog/jane-jones-ofsted-observations-marking-reasoning/

http://www.mrbartonmaths.com/blog/carl-hendrick-and-robin-macpherson-what-does-this-look-like-in-the-classroom/

http://www.mrbartonmaths.com/blog/doug-lemov-teach-like-a-champion-and-top-tips-for-delivering-training/

http://www.mrbartonmaths.com/blog/peps-mccrea-planning-memorable-teaching-and-teacher-expertise/

http://www.mrbartonmaths.com/blog/robert-and-elizabeth-bjork-memory-forgetting-testing-desirable-difficulties/

http://www.mrbartonmaths.com/blog/daisy-christodoulou-assessment-multiple-choice-questions-7-myths-about-education/

http://www.mrbartonmaths.com/blog/greg-ashman-cognitive-load-theory-and-direct-instruction-vs-inquiry-based-learning/

http://www.mrbartonmaths.com/blog/dylan-wiliam-author-researcher-trainer-and-assessment-for-learning-expert/